Review of Stan Getz: The Master

Stan Getz: The Master

Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Paul Chambers | Red Garland | Wilbur Harden

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

This is a reissue of the 1982 album of the same name which first appeared on vinyl in Columbia's Contemporary...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Sebastiano Meloni, Paul Dunmall, Sebastiano Dessanay, Mark Sanders: Pictures Of A Quartet

Sebastiano Meloni, Paul Dunmall, Sebastiano Dessanay, Mark Sanders: Pictures Of A Quartet

Mark Sanders | Paul Dunmall | Sebastiano Dessanay | Sebastiano Meloni

SLAM

Rating: ★★★

This is a remarkably successful and coherent free jazz/free improvisation set. Dunmall and Sanders will be familiar names to Jazzwise...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Michael Occhipinti and Shine On: The Universe of John Lennon

Michael Occhipinti and Shine On: The Universe of John Lennon

Elizabeth Shepherd | Kevin Turcotte | Mark Kelso | Michael Occhipinti | Roberto Occhipinti

True North

Rating: ★★★

Featuring the voices of Elizabeth Shepherd, Yvette Tollar, Dominic Mancuso, Denzal Sinclaire and Laila Biali, paired with the talents of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2012

Review of Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin: Ghosted

Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin: Ghosted

Andreas Werliin | Christer Bothén | Johan Berthling | Oren Ambarchi

Drag City

Rating: ★★★

Australian polymath Oren Ambarchi added guitar to the 2012 album, In The Mouth – A Hand, by Swedish trio, Fire!...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2022

Review of George Colligan Trio: Live in Arklow

George Colligan Trio: Live in Arklow

Darren Beckett | David Redmond | George Colligan

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

American pianist George Colligan's Live In Arkiow represents that formerly belittled jazz encounter, the star soloist with the local rhythm...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020

Review of Petter Eldh: Projekt Drums Vol 1

Petter Eldh: Projekt Drums Vol 1

David Byrd-Marrow | Eric Harland | Gard Nilssen | James Maddren | Johannes Lauer | Jonas Kullhammar | Kathrin Pechlof | Kit Downes | Maria Schneider | Nate Wood

Editor's Choice

Edition EDN1173

Rating: ★★★★

The branding doesn’t help, but studio-based music made since the 1990s, sometimes labelled as Nu-jazz or Jazztronica, to the jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Jungle – Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/Hamid Drake: Live At Okunden

Jungle – Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/Hamid Drake: Live At Okunden

Hamid Drake | Mat Walerian | Matthew Shipp

ESP

Rating: ★★★★

A striking monochrome sleeve photo of Walerian, crouched in the long grass of a bleached out copse, can be read...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2016

Review of The Clarinet Trio: 4

The Clarinet Trio: 4

Leo

Rating: ★★★

Led by renowned German bass clarinettist/composer Gebhard Ullmann, The Clarinet Trio work in influences from Mingus and Steve Reich to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Review of The Dharma Moon Orchestra: Pandemoonia

The Dharma Moon Orchestra: Pandemoonia

Ada Rovatti | David Nichtern | Jerry Marotta | Julian Lage | Matt Oestreicher | Randy Brecker

Dharma Moon

Rating: ★★

Any album presenting itself with Julian Lage and Randy Brecker on the front cover should be worth at least a...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2022

Review of Scott Dunn with Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: I Watch You Sleep – Scott Dunn Celebrates Richard Ro

Scott Dunn with Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: I Watch You Sleep – Scott Dunn Celebrates Richard Ro

Claire Martin | Jeremy Brown | Matt Skelton | Rob Barron | Ryan Quigley | Scott Dunn

Editor's Choice

Stunt Records

Rating: ★★★★

A flawless song list comprising Richard Rodney Bennett originals plus some of his favourite standards, stunning arrangements by conductor Scott...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2023

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